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Elbert Road Fire contained at 183 acres; county highlights mutual aid and mitigation steps
Summary
A wildfire east of the town of Elbert that began March 3 burned 183 acres across two parcels before containment, county officials said. Emergency management, road and bridge crews and mutual-aid partners credited coordinated response; officials also described mitigation steps including a county mulch event and debris planning.
A wildfire that began March 3 just south of the town of Elbert burned 183 acres across two parcels before containment, Elbert County emergency management officials reported at the March 12 Board of County Commissioners meeting.
Erin Boren, director of emergency management for Elbert County, said the fire started at about 3:04 p.m. east of the 23000 block of Elbert Road and spread rapidly because of steep terrain, grass and timber fuels and high winds. “Life safety was addressed. We were able to protect the town,” Boren said, and she credited mutual aid, school-district buses on standby and county assets for avoiding structure losses.
“The fire was quickly growing, so there was an air-asset request,” Boren…
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